BitDefender Reports Fake FDIC Notification Leading To Infamous ZBot


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BitDefender Reports Fake FDIC Notification Leading To Infamous ZBot

Fake notification claims recipients financial institution has filed for bankruptcy, urges them to check the status of their deposit insurance coverage

Oct 28, 2009 | 12:55 PM

BUCHAREST, Romania " October 27, 2009 " BitDefender, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, today reported that a fake notification claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is leading recipients to fake files infected with malicious payload, currently detected by BitDefender as Trojan.Zbot.DLO, another version of the infamous ZBot.

The fake email informs recipients that their financial institution has filed for bankruptcy and urges them to check the status of their deposit insurance coverage by following an alleged customized link toward the FDIC Web site.

Full story at Darkreading - http://www.darkreadi...ction=Antivirus

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